I need opinions and advice for Naval Nupoc/Nukes acceptance and work. What would my chances be of getting accepted into either of those 2 programs?
I plan on attending Texas A&M, major in Nuclear Engineering, and being apart of the Naval Corp of Cadets.
And guessing my gpa was atleast a low "B" average in college...?
I can apply early as a sophomore in college and receive 2k+ a month(while in college) for a 8 year commitment contract. This is definitely what I want to do career wise. And eventualy work my way up to a head tier job in the navy nuke program in D.C. or at the D.o.D.
Any thoughts or opinions appreciated!!

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I need opinions and advice for Naval Nupoc/Nukes acceptance and work. What would my chances be of getting accepted into either of those 2 programs?

you need to get into school and have grades before we can begin to speculate on this. That's 90% of what NR will look at. Degree plan, and school grades. There's a lot of money on the line, as you have discovered, and as a result NR is very picky. Some get selected, others dont for any number of reasons, some don't even get to an interview. It's not easy for us, even after you have grades, to tell what the Admiral will say, because there is an interview process as well. It's not just you apply and are accepted. You apply, go through a bunch of stuff, do a phone interview until you pass, go to NR when they have a slot.......

Also are you male/female and if male are you willing to go subs? Are you looking at the Engineer option? Instructor? SWO?

Why didn't you apply to NROTC?

Define "head tier job" at NR. I've seen E-6's that work there and have more "power" than some Captains. What are you looking to do for NR? WHat do you see youself actually doing there? Do you have any clue what they even do?

I'm going to go to Texas A&M, get my b.s. in nuclear engineering, and do nrotc. I know its not a for sure chance, because of interview process, but with a B+ average ( guessing), and yes I am a male. I want to do Nuclear Engineering, no instructing or SWO. I would be up to doing subs, but not for a multiple year period. But like I said my main goal would to be a Navy Nuke, designing plants, working for DoD, or nuclear work on a aircraft carrier.

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I'm going to go to Texas A&M, get my b.s. in nuclear engineering, and do nrotc. I know its not a for sure chance, because of interview process, but with a B+ average ( guessing), and yes I am a male. I want to do Nuclear Engineering, no instructing or SWO. I would be up to doing subs, but not for a multiple year period. But like I said my main goal would to be a Navy Nuke, designing plants, working for DoD, or nuclear work on a aircraft carrier.

If you want design, work a civilian job at bettis or KAPL.

NR engineer is a hard slot to come by. It's more something offered by the Adm during the interview process than something you request. I've never seen anyone get it with less than an A GPA. You have to be on top of your game entirely, and you wont be doing design if selected.

Now if you're defining "Nuke engineering" as plant ops and not what NR engineer really is, then that's a different discussion entirely, but still does not involve design.

Also "engineer" can refer to an officer who has gone through engineer school.

They're looking for nukes who are willing to do what they need you to do. right now that really means subs. Just something to think about.

Not saying impossible, but from what you're putting up here I have a feeling you're really lost as to what the program and each of the designators entails.

What all would I be doing as a nuke on a sub?

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What all would I be doing as a nuke on a sub?

Running a division and qualifying EOOW so you can stand the senior nuke watchstations in the plant. Once you qualify OOD you move out of the plant and up forward to stand watches. first sea tour is 3 years long

following shore duty you move onto your secone sea tour on a sub, which is that of a department head. Either in the Nav, Weps or engineer positions (the latter of which is the head of the engineering department).

Bear in mind too, you may decide to switch engineering disciplines during school, that you hate design courses once you get there (design is not always as much fun as it sounds), that you dont like the idea of spending years and loads of energy designing a plant that ultimately gets rejected by the NRC.......take all of this one step at a time. It's great to have goals, but take this time to figure out what you really want and what the jobs entail and where you see yourself down the road.

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Once you qualify OOD you move out of the plant and up forward to stand watches.

I actually did not find this to be true. Underway OOD was typically stood by Nav, Eng, Weps, aWeps and Commo with the other nuke officers standing EOOW. All officers must qualify OOD in order to get their dolphins. We also had some of the nuke officers switch off between OOD and EOOW to stay current in both.

I was on a boomer so Weps and aWeps were not nukes. Suppo also, of course, wasn't nuke, but he was restricted to standing dive (at times the only officer standing dive).

Things have changed a bit.

Even on a boomer the only non-nuke Officer was the Supp-o. The Weps was a nuke. Navy nuke Officer progression (subs)

And at least on my husbands boat, which I just confirmed with him, even those JOs who wanted engineer as their dept head tour would move forward as the aWeps or aNav one qualified OOD and would only stand EOOW as a proficieny.